April 22, 2013

There seems to be a shift in the recruiting philosophy at Florida State. Unfortunately, we won't know it's effect for another 10 months, but we'll take a look at the 2014 OL recruiting here. First of all, it's important to understand that OL recruiting is much harder than most other positions on the football field. High schoolers are still growing and either can grow late into their high school career, or begin to adjust to their new bodies late in their career.

With this in mind, Rick Trickett has always preferred to offer kids late in their career and after seeing Junior film. The issue with this is that a lot of times, colleges have already been able to establish good relationships with kids and FSU enters late in the game. It can also be argued that Trickett has had too narrow a window of requirements in his OL which has led to a smaller crop of offers. Thirty-three total offers went out in the 2013 recruiting cycle. So far in the 2014 cycle 37 offers have already gone out to OL. By comparision here's a look at other southeastern teams OL offers:

Alabama - 25

Auburn - 10

Clemson - 11

Florida - 19

Georgia - 13

Georgia Tech - 13

LSU - 9

Miami - 13

Ole Miss - 19

Miss State - 16

UNC - 16

South Carolina - 10

As you can see, Florida State is sending out OL offers at a pace that no other team around is doing. It's not just to anyone either as the majority of the FSU offers are to 4-Star or better rated players. Below is a list of everyone that has been offered to date.

Name

Position

City, ST

Size

Rating

Notes

Damian Prince

OT

District Heights, MD

6'7" 300

5*

FSU early on is fairly high on his list. He's one of the Top 3 OTs nationally.

Mason Cole

OG

Tarpon Springs, FL

6'4" 285

4*

[b]Committed to Michigan[/b]

Orlando Brown

OT

Suwanee, GA

6'7" 345

4*

Don't think we have a strong shot at this point

Andy Bauer

OT

Saint Lous, MO

6'5" 304

4*

[b]Committed to Ole Miss[/b]

Steven Moss

OG

Fredericksburg, VA

6'5" 275

4*

Hasn't really expressed any leaders at this point. Will visit FSU for Spring Game.

Garrett Brufield

OG

Baton Rouge, LA

6'3" 272

4*

We are aomng the early leaders with Florida and Texas A&M

Marcelys Jones

OG

Cleveland, OH

6'5" 325

4*

[b]Committed to Ohio State[/b]

Corey Martinez

OG

Tampa, FL

6'3" 295

3*

We are leaders along with state school UF, Miami, and USF

Jermaine Elemunor

OT

Scranton, PA

6'6" 300

4*

#1 JUCO was committing to FSU before NCAA reclassified him to 2014

Alex Bookser

OT

Pittsburgh, PA

6'6" 295

4*

Pitt leads currently

Brock Ruble

OT

Hyattsville, MD

6'9" 302

4*

No leader, was very excited about FSU offer.

Kendall Baker

OG

Atlanta, GA

6'6" 275

4*

Interest and offers from around the SE, no real leader

KC McDermott

OT

West Palm Beach, FL

6'6" 285

5*

Miami leads with ND and Ohio State *Brother on the UM football team*

Will Richardson

OT

Burlington, NC

6'6" 305

NR

Top 4 of UVA, Duke, NC State, FSU with FSU visit coming up.

Joseph Paul

OT

New Orleans, LA

6'4" 335

3*

[b]Committed to Florida[/b]

Alex Bars

OT

Nashville, TN

6'6" 287

4*

19 offers from a lot of big schools thus far, no clue on any real leader

Jordan Sims

OT

Birmingham, AL

6'4" 325

4*

Offers from Ole Miss and Vandy

Juwann Bushell-Beatty

OT

Paramus, NJ

6'7" 310

4*

Only 3 offers so far - UF, Umass and FSU. Same HS as Dan Foose

Isaiah Wynn

OG/C

St. Petersburg, FL

6'2" 272

3*

We lead with Vandy among those who have offered

Sam Mustipher

OG

Olney, MD

6'4" 285

4*

Offered back in Jan. Has lots of offers ND and Ohio St lead

Reilly Gibbons

TE/OT

St. Petersburg, GL

6'6" 278

4*

Lots of recent offers for this surging prospect

Joshua Casher

OG

Mobile, AL

6'1" 280

4*

Auburn, FSU, Alabama are early leaders

Terver Darling

OT

Miami, FL

6'5" 300

4*

[b]Committed to Miami[/b]

Roderick Johnson

OT

Florissant, MO

6'7" 310

4*

We are his 7th offer, Mizzou leads

Damien Mama

OG

Belliflower, CA

6'5" 340

4*

One of the top OG in the nation, FSU his first east offer.

David Sharpe

OT

Jacksonville, FL

6'7" 275

4*

3/6: Named FSU, Florida, Bama as leaders

Nolan Kelleher

OG

Mount Pleasant, SC

6'6" 305

4*

5th offer. Favors VT and Clemson at this point

Josh Allen

OG

Jacksonville, FL

6'3" 285

4*

FSU in his Top 5 with UGA, Tenn, UNC, Oregon

Donell Stanley

OT/OG

Latta, SC

6'4" 327

4*

USCe is his leader at this point

Jamarco Jones

OT

Chicago, IL

6'5" 290

4*

Lots of offers nationwide. Has had relationship with Brewster.

Montel McBride

OG

Plant City, FL

6'4" 317

3*

FSU is the first big school to offer him. He was a JR Day with the Noles recently.

Adam Torres

DT/OL

Lake Mary, FL

6'5" 270

3* (at DT)

A two-way player rated as a DT. Trickett likes him at OL, Jimbo at DT. GT and NC State headline other offers.

Chad Mavety

OT

Garden City, NY

6'6" 320

4*

#2 JUCO OT. Has 3 years to play 2. Childhood friend of FSU QB Sean Maguire.